U.S. and Israel Intensify Talks on Iran Options
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 5:38 PM EST
ASHKELON, Israel — A series of public statements and private communications from the Israeli leadership in recent weeks set off renewed concerns in the Obama administration that Israel might be preparing a unilateral military strike on Iran, perhaps as early as this fall.
But after a flurry of high-level visits, including one by Defense SecretaryLeon E. Panetta to Israel on Wednesday, a number of administration officials say they remain hopeful that Israel has no imminent plans to attack and may be willing to let the United States take the lead in any future military strike, which they say would not occur until next year at the earliest.
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